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[ElysiumEntropy]

Hard Drive $109.99 Western Digital Caviar Green

Motherboard $84.99 MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD

GPU $109.99 XFX HD-677X-ZNLC Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16

PSU $54.99 Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V

Memory $29.99 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

CPU $124.99 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit-OEM $99.99

Total=$614.93

or

iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme 567D3 Desktop PC Phenom II X6 1055T(2.8GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit $609.99

Or I'm missing some crucial deals with the custom parts for my upcoming fun for everything computer. I'm just unsure if building one is cheaper than pre-built sometimes. I don't need anything ridiculous, but I want something I can do something with if I want to game sometimes, or watch a non family friendly movie.

 

[wolfeking]

build it yourself. The upgrade in GPU and PSU will be worth the $65 difference. (you left out a case, so figured in the price of a HAF912).
The standard PSUs in the prebuilt computers are especially designed crap. And when it goes out, it will take other parts with it.

 

[jonnyp11]

a is lso the now and 8gb's of 1600 is with promos and that's just what i remember so may want to check that.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

The Thailand floods (and the resulting hard drive price increase) already more than make up for the discrepancy (and the extra 4GB of memory too) - you'd probably get the drive for half the price under normal circumstances. Also, the graphics card is better (and a reputable brand, unlike what you'd get with a prebuilt). Same goes for the power supply - most OEMs stick in dodgy no-name power supplies, you could buy an equivalent for ~$30.